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Cryptocurrency regulation in 2018: Where the world stands right now
If 2017 was the year of the ICO, it seems as if 2018 is destined to become the year of regulatory reckoning. Things have already begun to heat up as countries around the world grapple with cryptocurrencies and try to determine how they are going to treat them. Some are welcoming, ...
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Binance to create employment opportunities for Uganda's youth in blockchain
World's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance is planning to use its influence in the blockchain sector to help Uganda ...
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Social media users in Uganda to be taxed starting this July
A few months never go by without authorities in Uganda coming up with something bombastic to declare. The latest is a social media tax, expected to be implemented in July 2018 according to Uganda's government. In making the announcement, Uganda's government said that the soon ...
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Nigeria’s ruling party may have sold its verified Twitter handle to John McAfee
In one of the most bizarre things on social media in 2018, Nigeria's All Progressives Congress political party seems to have sold its verified Twitter handle which now spots a profile photo and biography of John McAfee. As it stands, the account violates one of Twitter's rules ...
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Tanzania imposes strict social media regulations to stop 'moral decadence'
Tanzania has finally signed into law their eyebrow-raising new regulation that will govern social media and blogging. The regulation known as the Electronic and Postal Communications (Online Content) Regulations 2017, was initially published by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory ...
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South Africa has an untouched $10M fund for internet accessibility
A new report has revealed that South Africa has $10 million sitting unspent in Universal Service and Access Funds meant to for the provisioning of Internet access in the country. The report, Universal Service and Access Funds: An Untapped Resource to Close the Gender Digital ...
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Zimbabwe will use fingerprint ID technology for its 2018 general elections
Zimbabwe's government has announced that it has awarded and signed the contract for the supply of the fingerprint biometric identity solution with American company, Ipsidy. The de-duplication hardware and software solution to be supplied by Ipsidy will include an Automated Fingerprint ...
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Egypt now has a WhatsApp hotline for reporting fake news
Egypt has announced a new hotline for citizens to report fake news. Launched on Monday, 12 March 2018, the hotline will run on WhatsApp and will allow to citizens to report news that aims to "to endanger the nation’s security or public interests." The announcement was made through ...
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Sierra Leone didn't really use blockchain in their election
It was widely reported in the media that 'Sierra Leone has become the first country in the world to run blockchain-powered ...
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Got questions for the builder of the largest farmer-to-farmer network? Kenny Ewan is joining us on TNW Answers
What are the most pressing problems farmers face today, and how can a peer-to-peer network solve them? What can ...
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The McFly project wants to launch flying taxis on the blockchain in Nairobi
The McFly project has announced that they are in the process of setting up infrastructure for their autonomous flying car ...
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Sierra Leone is the first country to run a blockchain-powered election
In what is a first not only for Afrika but the world, the country used a blockchain solution to tally, and provide proof ...
